Corruption in government

Editorial 10/17/2016

So what else is new about the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that showed about 63 percent of Filipino entrepreneurs convinced that corruption is rampant in the country? The survey results which covered the February to May…

Trump’s meltdown

Ricky Poca 10/17/2016

The ongoing presidential debates have taken a turn for the worse for Republican candidate Donald Trump who’s now hounded by the controversy he sowed for himself when some women came out accusing him of sexually harassing them.…

Communities leading drug rehab programs

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 10/17/2016

His hardline stance on drug addicts and his belief that they’re beyond redemption notwithstanding, it’s good to hear President Rodrigo Duterte changing his tune after a Chinese trader and philanthropist provided funding for the construction of a…

Ninja moves

Gerard Pareja 10/16/2016

Pre, kon duna kay makit-ang hitsuraang walker sa Mango, imo sang bangkahan o isuroy una nimo i-check in?” nangutana si Berting kang Loloy. “Dili intawon, pre, uy,” nagkanayon si Loloy. “Makit-an pa lang tas mga silingan o…

Agot, their straw man

Jason A. Baguia 10/14/2016

Feast day greetings go today to the people of Talisay City, Cebu, who celebrate the passing over into heaven of Saint Teresa of Avila. She is the saint in whose honor others like Therese of Lisieux and…

Digong plays a Marcos card

Jobers R. Bersales 10/12/2016

The fast thawing of ice-cold relations between China and the Philippines in the wake of our victory over this emerging superpower in the Arbitral Tribunal over the former’s illegal occupation of our sovereign territory in the West…

Retired UP prof is new chair of Commission On Women

Morexette Erram 10/10/2016

A RETIRED associate professor of the University of the Philippines Cebu (UP Cebu) associate professor was appointed as chairperson of the Philippine Commission on Women. In its Facebook page, the commission said Dr. Rhodora T. Masilang-Bucoy was…

Cebu City officials urge gov’t to make LGUs part of solution

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/09/2016

Cebu City officials are looking forward to Congress granting emergency power to President Rodrigo Duterte to solve the traffic problems in Metro Manila and other areas in the country like Metro Cebu. But Rafael Yap, Cebu City…

THUMBS UP FOR DIGONG

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 10/09/2016

His only problem is his mouth. This pretty much summed up the opinions of local officials in Cebu who continue to hold the foul-mouthed President Rodrigo Duterte in high regard after 100 days in office despite the…

Silencing media to submission

Editorial 10/09/2016

Just as the Duterte administration continues to soak up on the warmth of its high survey ratings and the adulation of its followers, the national and local media find themselves in the crosshairs of the President’s apologists,…

Sobra pa sa pasar si Duterte

Lloyd Suarez 10/09/2016

Hatagan nako og perfect score nga grado si Presidente Rodrigo Duterte sa iyang unang 100 days nga pangatungdanan sa nasod kay duna gyud siyay baruganan ilabina sa seryosong kampanya batok sa illegal drugs. Ang mga naglagot ra…

Duterte’s standing

Editorial 10/07/2016

In rating his performance for his first 100 days in office, President Rodrigo Duterte at least had some humility in rating himself a six out of 10 in contrast to his predecessors who rated themselves more than…

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